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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (β–Propiolactone)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-51.207659
Energy at 298.15K-51.213013
Nuclear repulsion energy89.929552
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3076 2998 29.21      
2 A' 3059 2981 14.79      
3 A' 1788 1743 426.98      
4 A' 1523 1484 0.47      
5 A' 1478 1440 16.12      
6 A' 1327 1293 7.00      
7 A' 1247 1215 17.57      
8 A' 1046 1019 167.71      
9 A' 993 968 0.03      
10 A' 880 857 63.54      
11 A' 872 850 47.30      
12 A' 715 696 1.75      
13 A' 461 450 5.00      
14 A" 3160 3079 30.72      
15 A" 3127 3047 1.92      
16 A" 1198 1168 0.27      
17 A" 1121 1093 0.25      
18 A" 1064 1037 2.94      
19 A" 803 783 3.77      
20 A" 497 484 4.34      
21 A" 173 169 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14803.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14426.1 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/CEP-121G
ABC
0.39825 0.16481 0.12207

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.084 -0.267 0.000
C2 0.000 0.668 0.000
O3 -0.063 1.893 0.000
C4 1.088 -0.437 0.000
H5 1.718 -0.432 0.895
H6 1.718 -0.432 -0.895
C7 -0.106 -1.437 0.000
H8 -0.241 -2.035 -0.904
H9 -0.241 -2.035 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.43212.38942.17912.94592.94591.52492.15682.1568
C21.43211.22601.55082.22732.22732.10822.86012.8601
O32.38941.22602.59803.06153.06153.33024.03394.0339
C42.17911.55082.59801.09391.09391.55822.26642.2664
H52.94592.22733.06151.09391.78922.26673.10452.5306
H62.94592.22733.06151.09391.78922.26672.53063.1045
C71.52492.10823.33021.55822.26672.26671.09161.0916
H82.15682.86014.03392.26643.10452.53061.09161.8074
H92.15682.86014.03392.26642.53063.10451.09161.8074

picture of β–Propiolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 O3 127.862 O1 C2 C4 93.775
O1 C7 C4 89.941 O1 C7 H8 109.931
O1 C7 H9 109.931 C2 O1 C7 90.895
C2 C4 H5 113.623 C2 C4 H6 113.623
C2 C4 C7 85.389 O3 C2 C4 138.363
C4 C7 H8 116.477 C4 C7 H9 116.477
H5 C4 H6 109.735 H5 C4 C7 116.354
H6 C4 C7 116.354 H8 C7 H9 111.757
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.200      
2 C 0.048      
3 O -0.087      
4 C -0.318      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.194      
7 C -0.168      
8 H 0.169      
9 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.810 -4.113 0.000 4.981
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.730 -0.129 0.000
y -0.129 -32.757 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.257
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.723 -0.129 0.000
y -0.129 -3.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.486
Polar
3z2-r28.972
x2-y22.026
xy-0.129
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.006 0.110 0.000
y 0.110 7.337 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.141


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.388
(<r2>)1/2 9.022